(August 20, 2015, 11:00 AM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania federal judge on Aug. 10 denied a motion to compel arbitration and ordered additional discovery in a class suit over a credit card protection plan for which consumers allege they never signed up (Jennifer Gordon, et al. v. Kohl’s Department Stores, Inc., et al., No. 15-730, E.D. Pa.; 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 104289).

Valerie Tantlinger and Jennifer Underwood were cardholders of private label credit cards branded and serviced by Kohl’s Department Stores Inc. and originally issued by Chase Bank America N.A. Both...